Breakdown of Poate că o să demisionez mâine.
mâine
tomorrow
o să
will (future marker)
poate că
maybe
demisiona
to resign
Questions & Answers about Poate că o să demisionez mâine.
Why do we use poate că here instead of just poate?
Both mean "maybe" or "perhaps." Adding că (that) creates the set phrase poate că, which explicitly introduces a new clause. In everyday spoken Romanian, you can often drop the că and just say Poate o să demisionez mâine, but poate că is very common and provides a clear structure when expressing doubt.
The lesson says poate că is followed by the indicative mood. But isn't să demisionez in the subjunctive mood?
Great catch! You are right that să demisionez by itself is the subjunctive form. However, the entire block o să demisionez makes up the informal future tense ("I will resign"). Even though it's built using the subjunctive particle să, the future tense as a whole functions as an indicative statement of fact about the future. That's why it perfectly fits the rule for poate că.
In the phrase o să demisionez, shouldn't the o change to match the subject "I"?
No, and that's the easiest part of this future tense! In the popular future tense (o să + verb), the word o is completely invariable. Whether you say "I will" (eu o să), "we will" (noi o să), or "they will" (ei o să), the o never changes. Only the verb at the end changes to match the person doing the action (in this case, demisionez for "I").
Could I use the formal future tense in this sentence instead?